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German Newsreels no. 561 (4/6/41), 562 (11/6/41).

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Newreel no. 561 (4 June, 1941): General von Kuechler visits an army propaganda company. Rommel meets with Italian general Garibaldi at the Tobruk front; a briefing session; artillery pounds enemy positions; English prisoners; Rommel takes a lunch break with his troops; an assault German-Italian units counterattack British tanks offensive; Stukas support hard-fighting ground troops; Tubruk - England's "last Cyrenaica bastion". Luftwaffe units prepare to invade Crete (Operation Mercury); German paratroops invade Crete; Stukas bomb British positions over Crete (The scene is accompanied by music from Wagner - "Ride of the Valkyries"); German mountain infantry and paratroopers pursue the enemy; the Greek island of Crete is in German hands; English prisoners; Luftwaffe general Student salutes victorious paratroopers. (22 min) Newsreel no. 562 (11 June, 1941): Hitler and Mussolini meet at the Brenner. At Obersalzberg Hitler receives Croatia's head of state Dr. Ante Pavelic; von Ribbentro